Staff Credits (Mario Kart 8)

"Staff Credits"
	"Staff Credits" in Mario Kart 8
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Ryo Nagamatsu
BPM	136
First appearance	Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)
Quotes from
	"Super Mario Kart Title Screen" (Super Mario Kart); "Staff Roll B" (Mario Kart Wii); Several themes from the game

This article is about the musical theme. For the staff involved with Mario Kart 8, see List of Mario Kart 8 staff.

“For this track, we used a whole range of different motifs taken from the various courses. We wanted to combine the classy feel of this title with old favourites from the series, so we mixed in elements from the ending of Mario Kart Wii and brought it to a close with a high-octane trumpet blast from Eric Miyashiro.”

—Liner notes in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

"Staff Credits"^[1]^[2] is a musical theme composed by Ryo Nagamatsu for Mario Kart 8, where it plays during the game's staff credits. It is a medley arrangement of several themes from the game.

Composition[edit]

The theme consists of arrangements of the following themes, in order of appearance:

"Mario Circuit"
"Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
"Electrodrome"
"Thwomp Ruins"
"Cloudtop Cruise"
"Mount Wario"
"Super Mario Kart Title Screen" from Super Mario Kart
"Mario Circuit"
"Staff Roll B" from Mario Kart Wii

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Mario Kart 8	Wii U	2014	Original	"Staff Credits"^[1]^[2]	Ryo Nagamatsu
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo Switch	2017	Original	"Staff Credits"^[1]^[2]	Ryo Nagamatsu

Albums[edit]

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack	2015	Original	"Staff Credits"	Ryo Nagamatsu
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)	2024	Original	"Staff Credits"	Ryo Nagamatsu

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Ref.
Japanese	スタッフクレジット Sutaffu Kurejitto	Staff Credits	^[2]
Chinese (Simplified)	制作人员名单 Zhìzuò Rényuán Míngdān (Mandarin) Jaijok Yàhn'yùhn Mìhngdāan (Cantonese)	Development Team Credits	^[2]
Chinese (Traditional)	工作人員名單 Gōngzuò Rényuán Míngdān (Mandarin) Gūngjok Yàhn'yùhn Mìhngdāan (Cantonese)	Staff Credits	^[2]
Dutch	Credits	-	^[2]
French (Canada)	Générique	Credits	^[2]
French (Europe)	Crédits	Credits	^[2]
German	Credits	-	^[2]
Italian	Riconoscimenti	Credits	^[2]
Korean	만든 사람들 Mandeun Saramdeul	Development Team	^[2]
Portuguese	Créditos	Credits	^[2]
Russian	Создатели игры Sozdateli igry	Game developers	^[2]
Spanish	Créditos	Credits	^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)

[MK8OST-1] Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

[MK8DXNM-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Music)

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[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Feather			Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones
Light			Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Green^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peach^a • Villager (Female)^a • Isabelle^a • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl • Diddy Kong^c
Medium			Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Red^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Mario^a • Villager (Male)^a • Inkling Boy • Birdo^c (Light-blue ^c · Black ^c · Red ^c · Yellow ^c · White ^c · Blue ^c · Green ^c · Orange ^c) • Kamek^c • Peachette^c
Cruiser			Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Link^a • King Boo • Wiggler^c • Pauline^c
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Wario • Morton • Dry Bowser^a • Petey Piranha^c • Funky Kong^c
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA^a • W 25 Silver Arrow^a • 300 SL Roadster^a • Blue Falcon^a • Tanooki Kart^a • B Dasher^a • Streetle^a • P-Wing^a • Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Tripper^a • Master Cycle Zero^b
		Sport bikes	Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle^a
		ATVs	Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler^a • Splat Buggy • Inkstriker
Tires			Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires^a • Triforce Tires^a • Leaf Tires^a • Ancient Tires^b
Gliders			Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite^a • Paper Glider^a • Paraglider^b
Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
		Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario
		Special Cup	Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Classic courses		Shell Cup	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
		Banana Cup	GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
		Leaf Cup	DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC courses^a		Egg Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
		Triforce Cup	Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster courses^c		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway
		Turnip Cup	Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses	Wii U	New courses	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor
	Wii U	Classic courses	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley
	Switch	New courses	Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Dragon Palace • Lunar Colony • Urchin Underpass
	Switch	Classic courses	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1
Music
Courses	Base game courses	New courses	"Animal Crossing (Autumn)" • "Animal Crossing (Spring)" • "Animal Crossing (Summer)" • "Animal Crossing (Winter)" • "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway"^a ("Dragon Palace") • "Electrodrome" • "Excitebike Arena"^a • "Hyrule Circuit" • "Ice Ice Outpost"^a • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mount Wario" • "Mute City"^a • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway"^a • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" ("Sweet Sweet Kingdom") • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"^a
	Base game courses	Classic courses	"GCN Baby Park"^a • "DS Cheep Cheep Beach" • "GBA Cheese Land"^a • "3DS DK Jungle" • "SNES Donut Plains 3" • "GCN Dry Dry Desert" • "Wii Grumble Volcano" • "GBA Mario Circuit" • "Wii Moo Moo Meadows" • "3DS Music Park" • "3DS Neo Bowser City"^a • "3DS Piranha Plant Slide" • "N64 Rainbow Road" • "SNES Rainbow Road"^a • "GBA Ribbon Road"^a • "N64 Royal Raceway" • "GCN Sherbet Land" • "DS Tick-Tock Clock" • "N64 Toad's Turnpike" • "Waluigi Pinball" ("DS Waluigi Pinball" • "DS Wario Stadium") • "Wii Wario's Gold Mine"^a • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"^a • "N64 Yoshi Valley"
	Booster Course Pass courses^c		"Tour Amsterdam Drift" • "Tour Athens Dash" • "Tour Bangkok Rush" • "GBA Boo Lake" • "SNES Bowser Castle 3" • "N64 Choco Mountain" • "Wii Coconut Mall" • "Wii Daisy Circuit" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Wii DK Summit" • "N64 Kalimari Desert" • "Wii Koopa Cape" • "Tour London Loop" • "Tour Los Angeles Laps" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "DS Mario Circuit" • "SNES Mario Circuit 3" • "Merry Mountain" • "Wii Moonview Highway" • "Wii Mushroom Gorge" • "Tour New York Minute" • "Ninja Hideaway" • "DS Peach Gardens" • "Piranha Plant Cove" • "3DS Rainbow Road" • "Wii Rainbow Road" • "GBA Riverside Park" • "3DS Rock Rock Mountain" • "Tour Rome Avanti" • "3DS Rosalina's Ice World" • "DS Shroom Ridge" • "Tour Singapore Speedway" • "GBA Sky Garden" • "Sky-High Sundae" • "GBA Snow Land" • "Squeaky Clean Sprint" • "GBA Sunset Wilds" • "3DS Toad Circuit" • "Tour Tokyo Blur" • "Tour Vancouver Velocity" • "GCN Waluigi Stadium" • "Yoshi's Island"
	Battle courses		"SNES Battle Course 1" • "Battle Stadium" • "GCN Luigi's Mansion" • "Lunar Colony" • "3DS Wuhu Town"
Other			"Final Lap!" • "Goal!"^c ("Finish! (Yoshi's Island)" • "Results (Yoshi's Island)") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" ("Current Standings" • "Selection Screen (Wireless)" • "Spectating" • "Starting Grid (Grand Prix / VS Race)") • "Results Screen A" • "Selection Screen" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Current Standings") • "Staff Credits (Booster Course Pass)"^c • "Super Star" • "Trophy Theme A" • "Trophy Theme B"
Other
Items			Banana • Blooper • Boo • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Coin • Crazy Eight • Feather • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Horn • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity panel • Arrow field^c • Barrel • Bath Bomb^c • Beach Ball^c • Bell^a • Board • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bumper^c • Cannon • Cash • Ceiling Needle^c • Cheese^a • Clock hand • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Drain pipe • Falling Pillar • Fire • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Flipper^c • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring^c • Hoop^c • Hot-air balloon • Half-pipe^c • Ice • Icicle^c • Item Box • Lava fireball • Lava Geyser • Leaf pile^a • Master Sword^a • Mecha Piranha Plant^c • Metal ball^c • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform